Reconstruction:Proto-West Germanic/hwal
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Proto-West Germanic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Germanic *hwalaz.
Noun[edit]
*hwal m[1]
- whale
- Synonym: *hwalafisk
Inflection[edit]
Masculine a-stem | ||
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Singular | ||
Nominative | *hwal | |
Genitive | *hwalas | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | *hwal | *hwalō, *hwalōs |
Accusative | *hwal | *hwalā |
Genitive | *hwalas | *hwalō |
Dative | *hwalē | *hwalum |
Instrumental | *hwalu | *hwalum |
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Ringe, Donald, Taylor, Ann (2014) The Development of Old English (A Linguistic History of English; 2), Oxford: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 50: “PWGmc *hwal”